Uncategorized August 29, 2011
We went out with the Korean students out to Omana park, since we had the time on the weekend. We quite like going out that way as the scenery is great and it’s a good mix of farm and ocean.
We went walking around the paddocks, hanging out with the sheep and the newly born lambs.
We spotted one sheep who was bleeding at the back and looked to be in quite a bit of distress. We saw that she was having contractions pretty regularly – something like every 20 seconds or so, so I suggested we wait and see what happened. Lauren and the girls weren’t too interested, so they went on ahead, but Evan, Nicole and I stayed behind to see what was going to happen with the sheep.
The sheep lay down and got up a few times and then once when the sheep got up, there on the ground was a baby lamb! Amazing. Literally in front of our eyes, we saw a baby being born! Evan was quite interested in it all, but seemed more interested to understand what was going to happen to the placenta etc. We talked about the birthing process a fair amount and Evan was quite mature about it. We explained why the Mummy was licking the baby and why it was so important for the baby to stand up. Sure enough, within 15 minutes, the baby was standing, walking around and mostly dry from the event.
Lauren and the girls came back, but didn’t seem too interested – possibly a bit grossed out.
A miracle happening right in front of us!